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PROGRAMME OF CEREMONIES 

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LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE 



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OFFICE BUILDING 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



WASHINGTON, D. C, 



SATURDAY, 



APRIL 14th, 1906 



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THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER 

Oh ! say, can you see by the dawn's early light, 

What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming? 
Whose stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, 

O'er the ramparts we watch'd ! were so gallantly streaming ! 
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air. 
Gave proof thro' the night, that our flag was still there. 
Oh ! say, does the star-spangled banner yet wave. 
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave? 



On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep. 

Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, 
What is that which the breeze o'er the towering steep. 

As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? 
Now it catches the gleam of- tlie morning's first beam, 
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream. 

'Tis the star-spangled banner; O! long may it wave 
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave. 

And where is the band who so vauntiugly swore, 

That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, 
A home and a country should leave us no more ? 

Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. 
No refuge could save the hireling and slave 
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave — 
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave 
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave. 

O ! thus be it ever when freemen shall stand. 

Between their loved home and the war's desolation ; 
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heaven-rescued land 

Praise the pow'r that hath made and preserved us a nation. 
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, 
And this be our motto, "In God is our trust !" 

And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave 
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave. 



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ORDER OF EXERCISES 



y Star-Spangled Banner, ]\Iarine Band. 

,^ Laying Corner-Stone, Grand Lodge of Masons of the District of 
' ' Columbia. Walter A. Brown, Grand Master. 

Cornet Solo, Walter F. Smith, of the Marine Band. 

Address, The Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, Chairman. Building Commission. 

Selection, Engineers' Band. 

Address, Hon. William P. Hepburn, Member, Building Commission. 

election, Marine Band. 

ddress, Hon. James D. Richardson, Member, Building Com- 
mission. 

election. Engineers Band. 

ddress, The President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. 



The Gavel used in this Ceremony is the one that President Washington 

used in laying the Corner Stone of the Capitol Building 

September i8th, 1793 



The Trowel used today was donated by the District of Columbia Society 
Sons of the American Revolution 



MUSIC 

United States Marine Band Engineers' Band 

Lieut. Wm. H. Santelman. Conductor Serg't. Kempter, Conductor 

Washington Barracks 



MY COUNTRY, 'TIS OF THEE 

1 My country ! 'tis of thee, 
Sweet land of Liberty, 

Of thee I sing; 
Land where my fathers died ; 
Land of the pilgrim's pride; 
From every mountain side, 

Let freedom ring. 

2 My native country ! thee, 
Land of the noble free, 

Thy name I love ; 
I love thy rocks and rills, 
Thy woods and templed hills, 
My heart with rapture thrills 

Like that above. 

3 Let music swell the breeze. 
And ring among the trees 

Sweet Freedorn's song ; 
Let mortal tongues awake, 
Let all that breathe partake. 
Let rocks their silence break. 

The sound prolong. 

4 Our father's God ! to thee, 
Author of liberty; 

To thee we sing; 
Long may our land be bright 
With freedom's holy light, 
Protect us by thy might, 

Great God, our King! 



The Commission for the Office Building 
House of Representatives 

Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, Illinois 
Hon. William P. Hepburn, Iowa 
Hon. James D. Richardson, Tenn. 

James C. Courts, Secretary 

Elliott Woods, Superintendent 

United States Capitol Building and Grounds and 

Superintendent of Construction 



Thomas Hastings 

Consulting Architect 



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Preparations for the Ceremony, 

Designs and Decorations under the directions 

of ELLIOTT WOODS 

by Frederick D. Owen 

and Chairman of Committee of Ushers from 

District of Columbia Society Sons 

of the 

American Revolution 



THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MEMBERS 



Aclieson, Ernest F. 
Adams, Henry C. 
Adams, Robert 
Adamson, William C. 
Aiken, Wyatt 
Alexander, D. S. 
Allen, Amos L. 
Allen, Henry C. 
Ames, Butler 
Andrus, John E. 
Babcock, Joseph W. 
Bankhead, John H. 
Barchfeld, A. I. 
Bartholdt, Richard 
Bartlett, Charles L. 
Bates, Arthur L. 
Beall, Jack 
Bede, J. Adam 
Beidler. Jacob A. 
Bell, Thomas M. 
Bennet, William S. 
Bennett, Joseph B. 
Bingham, Henry H. 
Birdsall, Benjamin P. 
Bishop, Roswell P. 
Blackburn, E. Spencer 
Bonynge, Robert W. 
Boutell, Henry S. 
Bowers, Eaton J. 
Bowersock, Justin D. 
Tiowie, Sidney J. 
liradley, Thomas W. 
Brantley, William G. 
Brick. Abraham L. 
Broocks, INIoses L. 
Brooks, Franklin E. 
Broussard, Robert F. 
Brown, Webster E. 
Brownlow, Walter P. 
Brundlidge, Stephen, Jr. 



Buckman, Clarence B. 
Burgess, George F; 
Burke, James F. 
Burleigh, Edwin C. 
Burleson, Albert S. 
Burnett, John L. 
Burton, Hiram R. 
Burton, Theodore E. 
Butler, Mounce G. 
Butler, Thomas S. 
Byrd, Adam M. 
Calder, William M. 
Calderhead, William A. 
Campbell, Philip P. 
Campbell, William W. 
Candler, Ezekiel S., Jr. 
Cannon, Joseph G. 
Capron, Adin B. 
Cassel, H. Burd 
Castor, George A. 
Chaney, John C. 
Chapman, Pleasant T. 
Clark, Champ 
Clark, Frank 
Clayton, Henry D. 
Cockran, W. Bourke 
Cocks. William W. 
Cole, Ralph D. 
Conner, James P. 
Cooper, Allen F. 
Cooper, Henry A. 
Cousins, Robert G. 
Cromer, George W. 
Crumpackef, Edgar D. 
Currier, Frank D. 
Curtis, Charles 
Cushman. Francis W. 
Dale, Thomas H. 
Dalzell. John 
Darragh. Archibald B. 



Davey, Robert C. 
Davidson, James H. 
Davis, Charles R. 
Davis, Thomas B. 
Dawes, Beman G. 
Dawson, Albert F. 
De Armond, David A. 
Deemer, Elias 
Denby, Edwin 
Dickson, Frank S. 
Dixon, Joseph M. 
Dixon, Lincoln 
Dovener, Blackburn B. 
Draper, William H. 
Dresser, Solomon R. 
Driscoll, Michael E. 
Dunwell, Charles T. 
Dwight. John W. 
Edwards. Don C. 
Ellebe, James E. 
Ellis, Edgar C. 
Esch, John J. 
Fassett, J. Sloat 
Finley, David E. 
Fitzgerald, John J. 
Flack, William H. 
Fletcher. Loren 
Flood, Henry D. 
Floyd, John C. 
Fordney. Joseph W. 
Foss, George E. 
Foster, David J. 
Foster, John J. 
Fowler, Charles N. 
French. Burton L. 
Fulkerson Frank B. 
Fuller, Charles E. 
Gaines, John W. 
Gaines, Joseph H. 
Garber, Harvey C. 



Gardner, Augustus P. 
Gardner, John J. 
Gardner, Washington 
Garner, John N. 
Garrett, Finis I. 
Gilbert, George C. 
Gilbert, Newton W. 
Gill, John, Jr. 
Gillespie, Oscar W. 
Gillett, Frederick H. 
Gillett, James N. 
Glass, Carter 
Goebel, Herman P. 
Goldfogle, Henry M. 
Goulden, Joseph A. 
Graff, Joseph V. 
Graham, William H. 
Granger, Daniel L. D. 
Greene, W^illiam S. 
Gregg, Alexander W. 
> Griggs, James M. 
' Gronna, Asle J. 
Grosvenor, Charles H. 
Gudger, James M. Jr. 
Hale, Nathan W. 
Hamilton, Edward L. 
Hardwick, Thomas W. 
\ Haskins, Kittredge 
Haugen, Gilbert N. 
Hay, James 

Hayes, Everis A. 

Hearst, William R. 

Hedge, Thomas 

Heflin, J. Thomas 

Henry, E. Stevens 

Henry, Robert L. 

Hepburn, William P. 

Herman, Binger 

Higgins, Edwin W. 

Hill, Ebenezer J. 

Hill, Wilson S. 

Hinshaw, Edmund H. 

Hitt, Robert R. 

Hoar, Rockwood 

Hogg, Herschel M. 

HoUidaj', Elias S. 

Hopkins, Frank A. 

Houston, William C. 

Howard, Willliam M. 

Howell, Benjamin F. 

Howell, Joseph 

Hubbard, Elbert H. 

Huff, George F. 

Hughes, James A. 

Hull, John A. T. 

Humphrey William E. 



Humphreys, Benj. G. 
Hunt, John T. 
James, Ollie M. 
Jenkins, John J. 
Johnson, Joseph T. 
Jones, Wesley L. 
Jones, William A. 
Kahn, Julius A. 
Keifer, J. Warren 
Keliher, John A. 
Kenned}', James 
Kennedy, John L. 
Ketcham, John H. 
Kinkaid, Moses P. 
Kitchin, Claude 
Kitchin, William W. 
Klepper, Frank B. 
Kline, Marcus C. L. 
Knapp, Charles L. 
Knopf, Philip 
Knowland, Joseph R. 
Lacey, John F. 
Lafean, Daniel F. 
Lamar, William B. 
Lamb, John 
Landis, Charles B. 
Landis, Frederick 
Law, Charles B. 
Lawrence, George P. 
Lee, Gordon 
Le Fevre, Frank B. 
Legare, George S. 
Lester, Rufus E. 
Lever, Asbury F. 
Lewis, Elijah B. 
Lilley, George L. 
Lilley, Mial E. 
Lindsay, George H. 
Littauer, Lucius N. 
Little, John S. 
Littlefield, Charles E. 
Livingston, Leonidas F. 
Lloyd, James T. 
Longworth, Nicholas 
Lorimer, William 
Loud, Geo. A. 
Loudenslager, Henry C. 
Lovering, William C. 
McCall, Samuel W. 
McCarthy, John J. 
McCleary, James T. 
McCreary, George D. 
McDermott, Allen L. 
McGavin, Charles 
McKinlay, Duncan E. 
McKinley, William B. 



McKinney, James 
McLachlan, James 
McLain, Frank A. 
McMorran, Henry 
McNary, William' S. 
Macon, Robert B. 
Madden, Martin B. 
Mahon, Thaddeus M. 
Mann, James R. 
Marshall. Thomas F. 
Martin, Eben W. 
Majnard, Harry L. 
Meyer, Adolph 
Michalek, Anthony 
Miller, James M. 
Minor, Edwards S. 
Mondell, Frank W. 
Moon, John A. 
Moon, Reuben O. 
Moore, John M. 
Morrell, Edward de V. 
Mouser, Grant E. 
Mudd, Sydney E. 
Murdock, Victor 
Murphy, Arthur P. 
Needham. James C. 

Nevin, Robert M. 

Norris, George W. 

Olcott, J. Van Vechte 

Olmsted, Martin E. 

Otjen, Theobold 

Overstreet, Jesse 

Padgett. Lemuel P. 

Page, Robert N. 

Palmer, Henry W. 

Parker, R. Wayne 

Parsons, Herbert 

Patterson, Geo. R. 

Patterson, Gilbert B. 

Patterson, James O. 

Patterson, Malcom R. 

Payne, Sereno E. 

Pearre, George A. 

Perkins, James B. 

Pollard, Ernest M. 

Pou, Edward W. 

Powers, Llewellyn 

Prince, George W^. 

Pujo, Arsene P. 

Rainey, Henry T. 

Randell, Choice B. 

Ransdell, Joseph E. 

Reeder, William A. 

Reid, Charles C. 

Reynolds, John M. 

Rhinock, Joseph L. 



Rhodes. Marion E. 
Richardson, James M. 
Richardson, WilHam 
Rives, Zeno J. 
Rixey, John F. 
Roberts, Ernest W. 
Robertson, Samuel M. 
Robinson, Joseph T. 
Rodenberg, WiUiam A. 
Rucker, William W. 
Ruppert, Jacob A. 
Russell, Gordon 
Ryan, William H. 
Samuel, Edmund W. 
Schneebeli, Gustav A. 
Scott, Charles F. 
Scroggy, Thomas E. 
Shackleford, Dorsey W. 
Shartel, Cassius M. 
Sheppard, Morris 
Sherley, Swagar 
Sherman, James S. 
Sibley, Joseph C. 
Sims, Thetus W. 
Slayden, James L. 
Slemp, Campbell 
Small, John H. 
Smith, David H. 
Smith, George W. 
Smith, Samuel W. 
Smith. Sylvester C. 
Smith, Thomas A. 



Smith, Walter L 
Smith, William Alden 
Smith William O. 
Smith, William R. 
Smyser, Martin L. 
Snapp, Howard M. 
Southall, Robert G. 
Southard, James H. 
Southwick, George N. 
Sparkman, Stephen M. 
Sperry, Nehemiah D. 
Spight, Thomas 
Stafford, William H. 
Stanley, Augustus O. 
Steenerson, Halvor 
Stephens, John H. 
Sterling, John A. 
Stevens, Fred C. 
Sullivan, John A. 
Sullivan, Timothy D. 
Sullovvay, Cyrus A. 
Sulzer, William 
Swanson, Claude A. 
Talbott, J. Frederick 
Tawney, James A. 
Taylor, George W. 
Thomas, Charles R. 
Thomas, W. Aubrey 
Tirrell, Charles Q. 
Towne, Charles A. 
Townsend, Charles E. 



Trimble, South 
Tyndall, William T. 
Underwood, Oscar W. 
Van Duzer, Clarence D. 
Van Winkle, Marshall 
Volstead, Andrews J. 
Vreeland, Edward B. 
Watcher, Frank C. 
Wadsworth, James W. 
Waldo, George E. 
Wallace, Robert M. 
Wanger, Irving P. 
Watkins, John T. 
Watson, James E. 
Webb, Edwin Y. 
Webber, Amos R. 
Weeks, John W. 
Weems, Capcll L. 
Weisse, Charles H. 
Welborn, John 
Wharton, Charles S. 
Wilev, Ariosto A. 
Wiley, William H. 
Williams, John S. 
Williamson, John N. 
Wilson, William W. 
Wood, Ernest E. 
Wood, Ira W. 
Woodyard, Harry C. 
Young, H. Olin 
Zenor, William T. 



OFFICE BUILDING, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

The Office Building for the House of Representatives is to be a structure 
for purposes incident solely to the legislative functions of that body of 
Congress. It will provide offices for the membership of that body, the 
necessity of which has been apparent for some time, due to the tremendous 
increase in the business of Congress and the arduous individual service at 
present required of members. 

The law authorizing its construction was initiated in the House of 
Representatives on the tenth day of February; 1903, being presented to that 
body by Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, the present Speaker of the House of 
Representatives. The limit of cost of the building, exclusive of the site, 
was placed at three million one hundred thousand dollars. 

A Commission of the House of Representatives was selected to acquire 
a site for the building and supervise its erection. This Commission is at 
present composed of Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the House of 
Representatives ; Hon. William P. Hepburn, of the State of Iowa, and Hon. 
James D. Richardson, of the State of Tennessee. The clerk to this Com- 
mission is Mr. James C. Courts, Clerk to the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 

The enacting law placed the actual construction of the building in the 
hands of the Superintendent United States Capitol Building and Grounds, 
the present Superintendent being Mr. Elliott Woods. 

The site selected by the Commission is designated as Square 690, City of 
Washington, and is located adjacent to the Capitol Grounds, and directly 
southeast of the Capitol Building. 

As at present designed, the building will have a frontage on B Street 
Southeast of 476 feet, 2 inches ; on New Jersey Avenue Southeast, 470 feet, 
I inch ; on First Street Southeast, 452 feet, 6 inches ; and on C Street South- 
east, 348 feet, 9 inches ; a total frontage of 1747 feet, 6 inches, or approx- 
imately one-third of a mile. 

The architecture is classic, of the Roman Doric order, and the building 
will show but three stories above ground, in order to conform to its situation 
adjacent to the Capitol Building. Arrangements are made for not less than 
four hundred and ten individual offices, exclusive of all other rooms and 
spaces, the average size of each office being twenty-three and one-half feet 
by sixteen and one-half feet. Arrangements, within reasonable limits, have 
also been made for the future increase of the membership of the House of 
Representatives. 

The principal architectural feature within the building will be the rotunda 
in the principal entrance. This rotunda will extend from the ground floor 
through the entire height of the building, terminating with a dome under the 
roof, and supported on eighteen columns standing in a circular arcade, all 
of which will be enclosed in a circular wall or shell. On the line of the 
columns the diameter of the rotunda is fifty-seven feet, four inches, while 
the diameter of the encircling wall is seventy-five feet, six inches. The 
height from the first floor to the crown or "eye" of the paneled dome is 
sixty-eight feet. The next feature of importance is to be the Caucus room, 
flanked by its attending offices. This room is to be monumental in character, 
the architecture being of the Corinthian order. 

Spacious stairways, halls and elevators are provided at the four corners 
of the building; and other accommodations necessary for the uses to which 
the building is to be put are provided. 

The Superintendent, with the approval of the House Commission, 
selected as Consulting Architect, Mr Thomas Hastings, of New York Citv, 
a member of the firm of Carrere & Hastings, Architects, who is responsible 
for the architectural details of the building. 



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